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Chief Constable Anthony Bangham, roads policing lead for the National Police Chiefs' Council, said: "Nearly a year on from legislation to toughen the sanctions for using a phone at the wheel, we are seeing some change in driver behaviour but there are still too many people underestimating the risk they take.

"If you glance at a phone for even 2.3 seconds while driving at 30mph you miss 100ft of road. That is the equivalent of the length of a Boeing 737."

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